Campaign: Local governments
Belgian City Votes to Ban Contracts with Companies that Violate Human Rights
December 7, 2018 — Last month, the City Council in Ghent, Belgium voted to ban companies involved in human rights violations from doing business with...
18 Highlights of BDS Impact in 2018
Here are 18 highlights of direct and indirect BDS impact from 2018. We celebrate the extraordinary strides that the BDS movement for Palestinian...
Top 70 Moments of Solidarity & BDS for Palestine in 2018
Here are 70 highlights of solidarity and BDS for Palestine in 2018. We highlight 70 moments of hope on this year marking the seventieth anniversary...
Glasgow City Council Concedes to Supporters of Palestinian Rights, Vows to Refrain From Sponsoring Future Arms Fairs
July 27, 2018 — Glasgow City Council has responded to months of popular protest against its decision to sponsor the Undersea Defence Technology...
Israel Deports Human Rights Defender, Researchers and Delegation Over Support for Palestinian Rights
July 26, 2018 — Over the past few days, Israel has denied entry and deported human rights defenders, researchers and an eyewitness...
Wave of Major Spanish Cities Express Support for Palestinian Rights
June 1, 2018 — Over the last two weeks, a wave of major cities across Spain have expressed strong support for Palestinian rights. They have all...
The City of Barcelona Endorses the Call for a Comprehensive Military Embargo on Israeli Apartheid
On 25 May, with the support of an overwhelming majority of its members, the Barcelona City Council called for a comprehensive military embargo on...
Bologna becomes latest Italian city to call for arms embargo on Israel
On Monday, the City Council of Bologna, Italy’s seventh largest city, approved a motion in support of concrete action to hold Israel...
Palestinians say “Their Independence, Our Nakba”
April 19, 2018 — Today, as Israel celebrates what it calls its Independence Day, indigenous Palestinians who survived the ethnic cleansing of 1947-49...